Romans 3:27 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:19-31

From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom. 1:17; and which he lays down (Rom. 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum?which was to be demonstrated. We conclude that a man is justified by faith, without the deeds of the law; not by the deeds of the first law of pure innocence, which left no room for repentance, nor... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:27-31

3:27-31 Where, then, is there any ground for boasting? It is completely shut out. Through what kind of law? Through the law of works? No, but through the law of faith. So, then, we reckon that a man enters into a right relationship with God by faith quite apart from works of the law. Or, is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is the God of the Gentiles too. If, indeed, God is one, he is the God who will bring those who are of the circumcision into a right... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:27

Where is boasting then ?.... There is no room nor reason for it, either in Jews or Gentiles: not in the Jews, who were very apt to boast of their being Abraham's seed; of their circumcision; of their being Israelites; of their having and keeping the law; of God being their God; and of their knowledge of him: nor in the Gentiles, who were ready to boast of their philosophy, wisdom, and learning; of their self-sufficiency, freewill, and of the things they had in their own power. It is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:27

Jew. Where is boasting, then? - ' η καυχησις , This glorying of ours. Have we nothing in which we can trust for our acceptance with God? No merit of our own? Nothing accruing to us from our circumcision and being in covenant with God. Apostle, It is excluded - εξεκλεισθη , It is shut out; the door of heaven is shut against every thing of this kind. Jew. By what law? - By what rule, doctrine, or reason is it shut out? by the law of works? The rule of obedience, which God gave to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:27

Verse 27 27.Where then is glorying? The Apostle, after having, with reasons abundantly strong, cast down men from their confidence in works, now triumphs over their folly: and this exulting conclusion was necessary; for on this subject, to teach us would not have been enough; it was necessary that the Holy Spirit should loudly thunder, in order to lay prostrate our loftiness. But he says that glorying is beyond all doubt excluded, for we cannot adduce anything of our own, which is worthy of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

(4) The righteousness of God, manifested in Christ and apprehended by faith, is the sole remedy, and available for all. The position enunciated in Romans 1:18 being now sufficiently established, the apostle enters here on his main argument, announced in Romans 1:17 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

Justification through faith in Christ. The design of the Law, to intensify our sense of sin, having been made plain, the apostle, in the present paragraph, proceeds to show where justification comes from. It does not come from the Law; for the Law can only give us condemnation. It comes from a source foretold in "the Law and the prophets"—from Jesus Christ, our Propitiation. And more than justification, as we shall now see, proceeds from this marvellous source. Three leading thoughts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27

Where then is the boasting? (that of the Jew, referred to in Romans 2:1-29 ., of his superiority to the Gentile with regard to justification). It is excluded. By what manner of ( ποίου ) law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith. Is it, then, here implied that the law of works would allow of boasting? Not so practically. But its theory would leave room for it, on the supposition of its conditions being fulfilled; it is a kind of law (observe ποίου νόμου ;) which does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27-30

"Where is the glorying?" The Jews were a glorying people; they gloried in God (see Romans 2:17 ), and they gloried in the Law ( Romans 2:23 ). But now? All glorying was shut out. I. THE FALSE GLORYING . Man's almost universal perversion of religion. Religion should humble him, but he makes it the occasion of boasting. So eminently with the Jews. 1. In the Law. The Law was designed to teach sin, and quicken their longings for holiness. It had become an apparatus of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:27

Where is boasting then? - Where is there ground or occasion of boasting or pride? Since all have sinned, and since all have failed of being able to justify themselves by obeying the Law, and since all are alike dependent on the mere mercy of God in Christ, all ground of boasting is of course taken away. This refers particularly to the Jews, who were much addicted to boasting of their special privileges; See the note at Romans 3:1, etc.By what law? - The word “law “here is used in the sense of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:19-31

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:27-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:27-30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:27

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